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    Unfortunately, this is _not_ the only issue with displays. Ati users are also in trouble:

    I have a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 graphics card in my Toshiba a305 laptop. I upgraded to janty today. When i boot with 2.6.28-11 developer kernel from the boot menu after the startup console output ends i dont get the login screen. (I get some kind of a scrambled graphics in the LCD). but everything works well with the 2.6.27-11. [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Sy...


    Of course this is not our (Ubuntu's) fault, but it still hurts.

    Generally speaking, most users should run the upgrade a month after the release. Maybe it would be nice to have a .0 release for enthusiasts, and a .1 release about a month later for the general public. And let all these inevitable quirks be fixed in the time inbetween. The .0 release would be in a fixed schedule, and the .1 a bit more flexible.

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